E-readers

Reviews

Kobo Wireless eReader

The Kobo Wireless eReader offers better performance, but screen refresh and speed remain issues

Amazon Kindle (Wi-Fi/3G, 3rd Generation)

Amazon Kindle 3 review: The best Kindle yet

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Apple's iPad vs. e-readers

Apple's iPad is a multi-function device that focuses on multimedia and some productivity apps, but also functions as an e-reader with a new iBook store of EPub format books.

When Amazon released its first-generation Kindle, the company was light years ahead of the market, with virtually no competition for digital readers’ eyeballs. In 2010, though, the e-reader universe is not only set to explode, but it’s also set to fragment. What defines an e-reader? Is it only a device with an electronic paper-like display? Is it a device (tablet or otherwise) that has an LCD screen? Or does software turn any device into an e-Reader?

News about e-readers

New Kindle Paperwhite: higher resolution, same price

Amazon is trying to hit the sweet spot between fancy features and affordability with its new Kindle Paperwhite e-reader.

News Jun 18
Rakuten bolsters e-books by gobbling up distributor OverDrive

Rakuten is trying to inject some black ink into its struggling e-book business with the acquisition of OverDrive Holdings, one of the largest providers of e-books for rent to libraries and schools.

News Mar 20
Sales of Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader plunge during holiday shopping season

The holiday shopping season wasn't merry for Barnes & Noble's Nook division, which experienced plummeting sales of the Nook e-reader as well as content and accessories for the device.

News Jan 09
Samsung builds custom Galaxy Tab 4 Nook tablet with Barnes & Noble

Samsung is moving deeper into e-book and multimedia sales with Barnes & Noble, with which it jointly built a custom Nook tablet that's available now for US$179.

News Aug 21
After exiting PCs, Sony pulls the plug on e-readers

Sony is stopping e-reader production following the transfer of its e-book business outside Japan to Canada's Kobo.

News Aug 06

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Tutorials about e-readers

Copy Kindle notes and bookmarks to your PC

If you're a Kindle owner, you've probably discovered the device's enviable ability to bookmark pages, highlight passages, and add notes (a.k.a. annotations).

Tutorials Aug 17

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Features about e-readers

Kindle vs Nook: how Amazon's e-book reader can win the battle

The latest Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader is getting a lot of positive buzz, and for good reason. It's thin and light, has a touchscreen interface that's easy to navigate, and is priced the same (US$139, Wi-Fi) as Amazon's industry-leading Kindle.

Features Jun 20
Five reasons Amazon e-books are outselling hardcovers

Are you still holding out to see what happens with this whole ebooks "fad" before deciding whether to embrace it for your business? Well, the times they are a changin' and there are a variety of reasons that ebooks are outpacing printed books.

Features Jul 21
Why e-Readers Are a Worthy Business Investment

A Silicon Valley product development consulting firm called the Nielsen Norman Group (not to be confused with the Nielsen ratings company) published a study last week comparing reading performance with a book to reading with an e-reader. The results-...

Features Jul 08
Color E-readers a hit at book fair, to be sold like handsets

Taiwanese e-reader makers jockeyed to show off new technologies at the Taipei International Book Exhibition over the weekend and said the emerging model for the devices is to sell them as part of a content bundle.

Features Feb 01
Asus 'Eee Reader' to join e-reader fray, says report

Computer maker Asus may be getting ready to launch an e-reader that would mimic the traditional book, be in full color and come loaded with a variety of innovative features.

Features Sep 08